The methylation of DNA is an epigenetic modification that can play an important role in the control of gene expression in mammalian cells. The enzyme involved in this process is DNA methyltransferase, which catalyzes the transfer of a methyl group from S-adenosyl-methionine to cytosine residues to f
The DNA methylation and cancer
β Scribed by B. Malfoy
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 33 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0265-9247
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